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The Pastor’s voice boomed through the screen of the HP tablet. “Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence …”

Of things not seen. I completed in my mind. This was the man I was scheduled to meet. The high net worth client Speedy had managed to arrange for me – my first six figure ‘Aristocrat’.

The other girls in my dorm room at Moremi hall were a bunch of nerds – Engineering students who spent most of their time solving equations or talking about equations. As far as I knew, the only thing they did for leisure was gossip about me behind my back.

(Yawns) … I no get their time!

If not for the Dean that messed up, I was supposed to have a whole room to myself. After settling the Idiot in kind, all I got was a…

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Speedy handed over the envelope and issued a stern warning. “Lola, don’t spend more than an hour. Alhaji refused to pay the premium for your services, so he doesn’t deserve to have you for an entire night.”

I nodded and opened the envelop. Twenty thousand naira cash. Not much! But enough to tide me over till the next big pay day. I placed the money in my purse and got into the car. Speedy lifted a hand to wave goodbye as I put the vehicle in gear.

“Don’t forget to call me when you’re done,” he said as a parting shot. I promised that I would and pulled out of the Amina Hall car park. My car was a sleek Toyota Camry, the most expensive gift I received on my birthday. It was given to me by Jeffrey, the man I liked to call ‘the love of my life.’ Jeffrey…

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I hate the way you crawl into my dreams
Shifting faces in the moonlight
Stealthily,
Riding on a wave of deep blue sea.
The carpet,
That was and is not but will be if I’m not
Stronger than the shadows kept bound
Within the mirror,
Strain to the portal beneath
Tailored by love, I’m tutored in devotion
Sometimes men are too noisy on this quest

I see your mannequin in jagged multicolors
Ethereal form embalmed in earth’s substratum
My odyssey advances in a plethora of scenes
Early is not the act where you love to be
In daily connivance with my heart’s desire
The walls you breach are forged in fire
Mounted to keep all hideous comers
Beyond the borders of a glowing light

The beast is at home with us
Irreverent, cares none for the cutting
Edge of tongues uncountably deflowered I will walk the mile in a cloak…

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MOVIE: I Watched a movie titled Titanic earlier today on BBC Entertainment. But this one doesn’t have real Jack, Rose and not that interesting. I wonder why it’s named Titanic. Real Titanic keeps one on the edge of seat. #WhoTheHellProducedThis?